Hokkaido vs Shiba -size comparison

mot

Just for fun.The red one is our former dog "Polo", a male Hokkaido who passed away 2011 August(at 15 years old.He is 14 years old in those pictures).The black one is our current dog "Chip", a male kuro-shiba(black shiba) who is now 1 year old.

ttddinh

So handsome!

mot

Thank you : )

Saya

Temperament and personality wise how do you say your Hokkaido differ from your shiba inu?

shibamistress

Wow, cool! I love the look of the Hokka! And what gorgeous dogs in general. I'd also like to know about temperament differences between the two...

Derf

It's cool to see the difference. Thanks for posting this!

Losech

Neat!

shibamistress

Forgot to say that I love the "demonic" red eye look in the one Hokka pic! He looks like he's saying "you will give me the cookie now!" *lol*

mot

@ALL
Thank you, for the comments!

@Saya ,@shibamistress
These are the temperament differences between Polo and Chip.

Hokkaido has some fierce temperament which you cannot drive away.Although our vet said Polo is extremely friendly for Hokkaido-standard, He became defensive sometimes.On the other hand, Shiba is much milder and very friendly for people&other dogs .

Shiba LOVES toys especially balls.Polo was not so interested in toys expect one or two favorite things he kept for more than 10 years.

Hokkaido is calm, patient, smart and dignified.Shiba is funny, stubborn,zealous and innocent.

Plus, Hokkaido eyes becomes "demonic" red-eyes in pictures while shiba's becomes "ghostly" pale green.

Losech

That's interesting about the eyes. My Shiba's got green eye-shine too. His is really intense neon green. (You can see it here.)

mot

@Losech
Wow! What a color.
That's very interesting.Is there any Shiba who get red eye-shine?

Saya

I'll have to check Saya's pictures not sure if any are shiny.. Losech how did you do that with Conker took it at night or something?

I think last time flash light was on Saya her eyes were green I might be wrong I'll have to check later.

Saya

Here's one of Sai they're green

Losech

@Saya It was dark, at night, and from under a table. The camera flashed just right to catch the green really intensely. The only doctoring I did was turn everything but Conker's eyes black and white to add emphasis to them.

Saya

Turns out Saya has couple other light shine eyes. Blue one is my favorite.
Red

Blue


Maybe it depends on the angle of the light shinning on the dog's eyes.

Trzcina

That picture of her with the toilet paper roll is adorable.

Saya

Thanks she does well retrieving items. Hasn't learned exactly to get TP, phone or medicine, but she is learning.